Weird Speaker Problem with MacBook Pro...

[wm6405]

Just a little while ago, I was on Garageband making a ringtone with my speakers maybe 1-2 notches below half way, and all of the sudden I heard a sort of POP noise and then the speakers stopped working. I went to itunes and started playing a song and right when the music should have started playing, I heard another POP, and when I paused it there was another popping noise. I have no idea what this is? I couldn't have blown the speakers because it wasn't even turned up half way...Any help, guys?

 

[DooDaaDame]

I also had this weird popping noise while working with garageband, imovie, itunes and screenflow at the same time working on a project. The sound would cut out after the static pop and I'd have to restart to regain sound. I googled the problem and found a few others with the same problem, but no answer. Since I had nothing else to do, I updated garageband, quicktime, and just about everything else that came up in my apple update window that was remotely involved with these softwares, including itunes. The problem has not re-occurred since then. Give this a try.

 

[wm6405]

Ok thanks for the reply...Yeah, I just restarted my computer shortly after and it back to normal, but it did give me a bit of a scare for a bit. I couldn't think of anything I had done to damage the speakers...I'll try updating to see if that keeps it from happening again

Thanks again!

 

[vapormike]

I have this popping noise problem from my macbook pro too. It occurs during random intervals while i use itunes or the dvd player. I have the late 2008 version of the macbook pro 15". I've called apple and they told me to reset the smc, it didnt fix the problem. Any thoughts?

 

[waffles123]

My Mac has also just started to do this. I restarted it and it was fine, then a day later the same thing happened. This has happened three times now, and all when I have clicked the play button on youtube. Is this Snow Leopard related? Because this never happened on Leopard, and shouldn't be hardware because it is fixed on a restart

 

[Fuchal]

If you're on battery power it's probably the amp turning off or on to conserve power.

 

[waffles123]

I'm not on battery power. After the first pop, any sound coming through creates a popping sound from the speakers.